The township resident Natig Karimov told Trend that the special operation kicked off Dec.17 in the evening.
He noted that the detainees were taken to the Office for Combating Organized Crime of the Interior Ministry.
Earlier, five members of a criminal group, operating under the guise of religion, were killed during a police operation in the township of Nardaran Nov.26. Two police officers were also killed in the standoff.
Fourteen members of the criminal group were arrested along with the group’s ringleader Taleh Baghirov.
Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office has initiated criminal cases.
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